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The article linked to by Andand is missing part of the story. The contracts with Apple for book deals also forced the publishes to sign contracts with Apple's competitors (B&N and Amazon) such that the competitors couldn't sell the book for less than the price agreed with Apple. The Reg has an article from a few weeks ago that goes into more details. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/03/13/apple_ebooks_cases_cost/
Commented Apr 11, 2012 on Books: Bits vs. Atoms at Coding Horror
Books: Bits vs. Atoms
I adore words, but let's face it: books suck. More specifically, so many beautiful ideas have been helplessly trapped in physical made-of-atoms books for the last few centuries. How do books suck? Let me count the ways: They are heavy. They take up too much space. They have to be printed. ...
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